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by the capture of some specimens in Nimar, Central Provinces of 

 India, by Mr. Crump, working for the Bombay Survey. 



The Nimar specimens however, as might be expected, show certain 

 differences from the Malay form, and may be distinguished as a 

 distinct sub-species. 



Taphozous theohaldi secatus, subsp. n. 



Size as in true theohaldi. Fur close and fine, not extending on to 

 the wing-membrane or interfemoral above, and only on the wings 

 close to the side of the body below, the ending of the furry part 

 extremely sharp and well-defined. In theohaldi on the other hand 

 the fur extends on to both wing and interfemoral membranes above 

 and below for a certain distance from the body, its limits quite vague 

 and undefined. Colour above sepia, the hairs over most of the 

 body brownish whitish basally, but laterally and on the rump the 

 hairs are sepia to their bases. In theohaldi the general colour is a 

 brighter brown, tipped on the hinder back with greyish, and the 

 bases of the hairs are everj'where strongly contrasted drabby whitish. 

 Under surface slightly paler than upper, the region across the 

 throat darker, but without the definite blackening usually present 

 in theohaldi. 



Skull as in theohaldi. 



Dimensions of the type : — Forearm, 71 mm. Head and body, 

 89 mm.; tail, 28 ; ear, 24. 



Skull : — Greatest length, 23-5 ; condyle to front of canine, 22-5 ; 

 zygomatic breadth, 13-7; interorbital breadth, 7-1; palato-sinual 

 length, 6; maxillarj^ tooth-row, 10-1. 



Hahitat. — Nimar, Central Provinces. Type from Asirghar, 2000'. 



%je. — Adult male. B. M. No. 12.6.28.5. Original number 

 644. Collected 31st October 1911 by C. A. Crump. Presented by 

 the Bombay Natural History Society. Two specimens. 



Tajjhozous longimanus. 



The three members of the T. longimanus group that have been 

 described from the E. Indian Archipelago are all smaller than the 

 true continental T. longimanus and might conveniently be recognised 

 as forming one species with three sub-species, whose names would be 

 T. leucopleurus leucofleurus, Dobs. (Flores), T. leucopleums alhifin- 

 nis, Thos. (Borneo and Malay Peninsular) and T. leucopleurus 

 Jcampeni, Jent. (Java). Their skulls appear to be quite similar to 

 each other and their only differences lie in the colour of the fur 

 and wings as described by their respective authors. 



Tajphozous achates, sp. n. 



Essential characters as in T. inelanopogon, but skull conspicuously 

 larger. 



